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You are invited to the Faculty Research Luncheon for Staff!

This message was sent to Staff on September 13, 2017 by Noelle Lemoine, Office of Communications.

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You are invited to the Faculty Research Luncheon for Staff!
Lama Nassif, assistant professor of comparative literature, will
talk about "Noticing and Language Learning: Cognition, Affect,
and Future Research." Please join us on Monday, Sept. 25, noon,
Faculty Club, lower level. To reserve space, contact
nlemoine@williams.edu. Lunch is FREE and ALL STAFF are welcome.
MORE: http://web.williams.edu/messages/show.php?id=43489
from Noelle Lemoine, Office of Communications

Message details:

Language learning is a process that engages learners cognitively and
emotionally. Language learning processes are, therefore, influenced by the
cognitive and affective characteristics of the learners (e.g. motivation,
anxiety levels, and aptitude), and by external variables beyond the
learners' control (e.g. type of instruction, access to opportunities to
use the language, and the broader sociocultural context of learning). One
key process in language learning is noticing; some things about what
learners read or listen to in the languages they are learning capture
their attention more than others. Research in second language acquisition
has looked into some learner-internal and learner-external factors that
influence this process but ignored others. This talk will present
questions that second language acquisition researchers have addressed in
relation to learner noticing, and will outline some directions for future
research.
See more about Lama Nassif here https://arabic.williams.edu/profile/ln2/

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